HTML files containing SSI must be named with an shtml extension. SSI commands are easy to add to your HTML, but you must follow the syntax exactly:
Variable Description Date_Local Current date and time (determined by server location). Date_GMT Current date and time in Greenwich Mean Time. Document_Name File name of the main document. Document_URI Path and file name of the main document Last_Modified Date and time the main document was last modified.Example:
eg. <!--#echo var="Date_Local" --> output: Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:37:12 EDT
The config command can be used to configure the standard output of various environment variables. In the following example, two SSI commands are used in conjunction to produce an alternative date and time format:
eg. <!--#config timefmt="%A, %B %d, %Y %I:%M%p" --> <!--#echo var="date_local" --> output: Saturday, January 25, 1997 01:51PMHere is a breakdown date and time codes used in the example above:
%A Full weekday name %B Full month name %d Day of the month %Y Year %I Hour %M Minutes %p a.m. or p.m.
The fsize command might be helpful if you were to include a thumbnail image and want to display the actual file size of the original image.
eg. <!--#fsize file="image.gif" --> output: 10k
The include command can be used to include a signature file or company logo within an HTML document. The added document or image will appear as if it were part of the original document.
eg. <!--#include file="any.htm" -->If the file to be included is in a different directory than the SHTML document. use the virtual command argument instead. In the following example, the SHTML document resides in a subdirectory but includes a file within account root directory:
eg. <!--#include virtual="/any.htm" -->
The exec command can be used to execute a CGI script when the web page is loading. In the following example, the script date.pl within the relative path /cgi-local is executed.
eg. <!--#exec cgi="/cgi-local/date.pl" -->
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